Arrived Thawed And At Room Temp

Were they salted, or just frozen?

 

might have to apply some stop rot to stop slippage

 

They can’t be both if salted properly they won’t freeze solid . It’s one or the other don’t ever do both , and if salted they best be skinned and fleshed properly. Just saying

let your nose do the telling , if no good you will smell it .

 

you can also look up stop rot on this site there are many comments on this subject which may help you , good luck

 

Like 13 point said, if they smell bad, they are.

As to the stop rot, you should have applied it liberally on the hair side of the critters before freezing. I think the instructions on the bottle say to use a brush. Don't defrost them if they are already frozen just to put stop rot on them. But when you go to thaw them out apply it then. As you skin them out apply the stop rot to the flesh side also.

Just be fore warned, baby animals and small critters tend to slip easily anyway, especially for a beginner with your slower speed.

 

I bought chipmunks off here from someone and they sent them priority mail and after 4 days they were slipping bad . Like said baby critters slip easily, fawns also.